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From: bv143@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (T.A. Murray) Subject: PC: Friday Update - 8/29 Date: 2 Sep 1997 01:51:29 GMT Port Charles - Friday Update - August 29th 1997 (posted and e-mailed) PORT CHARLES - DANIELLE ASHLEY'S SECRET DIARY The interns walk into their lounge, exhausted from a hard day of surgery. Chris follows the others in and is very cheerful. Joe makes a nasty comment about Chris being buddy-buddy with Boardman, and Chris responds that Joe is jealous. "It takes more than Irish charm to save a patient's life." (A gratuitous slander against a fine people.) "Irish charm," Chris continues, "Isn't that an oxymoron, like... "Joe speaks over the rest of Chris' comparison. "The only moron around here is you," he says quickly stooping to his preferred sixth grade humor. But what Chris said was, "Like a good toupee." Karen comes in and heads straight for the shower. The phone rings and Chris answers it. "Party Central." Danielle is on the other end on a cell phone at the Recovery Room. She asks if Jake is there and Chris says he isn't. She hangs up. Chris comments, "Is it me or is trouble brewing at Ken and Barbie's dream house?" August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. I just don't know what to do. Rex told me that he poysend Jake. Well he didn't egsactly say that, he said he might have poysend him. Well I just had to try and find out where he is so I called the hospital but he wasn't there. What am I going to do? Uncle Rex is so mean. Lucy comes into the den. Kevin and Scott follow her in. Lucy thinks they should congratulate themselves on not letting Serena know they were worried. It's New School Night and Serena and Scott are going to a potluck. Kevin thinks that Jake and Danielle might not be in on the plot with Rex. Scott thinks they definitely are because... because he thinks so. They get into an argument about it. Scott says he's sorry, but he isn't sensitive to Jake and Danielle's domestic problems. Kevin replies that, "Sensitivity has never been your strong suit, has it?" "No." Scott admits. Serena comes into the room and demands to know what they're arguing about. August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. Uncle Rex bought me another drink. Now how does this cell phone work again? Danielle, still in the Recovery Room, is making another phone call. This time to the Airline trying to find out if Jake is on the plane. They put her on hold. Rex asks if she likes her cell phone, and he never got a thank you. It must have gotten lost in the mail. Danielle tries to ignore him. The airline picks up again. She tells them it's a matter of life and death. Rex takes the phone from her and hangs it up. "What are you doing" she asks. "Saving you forty-five cents a minute," he replies. They aren't going to tell her if Jake is on the plane. They both know Jake's not at the hospital. Now Danielle has to figure out if Uncle Rex has really poisoned Jake or if this isn't just part of his nasty game. August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. Darned airlines. Why don't they just look it up on their silly computers? Did Uncle Rex really poysen Jake? Is he lying in a gutter somewhere dieing because he doesn't have the auntiedote? Uncle Rex is really, really mean. Danielle says Rex is just trying to scare her. He admits that's possible and "Therein lies the rub," It's certainly possible that Uncle Rex is lying, but maybe not. If only Jake would answer his darn pager. It doesn't work on the plane, Danielle tells him. "Oh, is that where he is?" Rex says. "Is he dying alone or traveling coach to Bayonne. In my mind they're both a kind of hell." Danielle wants to know why he's torturing her like this. (Why, how would she like to be tortured?) "I'm crazy," he reminds her. She asks him not to hurt Jake. Just then Frank walks up and says hi to Danielle. Then he asks her what's wrong. August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. Is he lying? He must be lying. Oh, I don't know, he's just so much more cleverer than I am. Why doesn't he just tell me what he wants? And what does he mean about Bayonne? He IS crazy! Mean and crazy. Who's this guy? Oh yeah, I know him uh... Fred? No... Frank, that's it. Some interns brother. Serena tells Kevin, Lucy and Scotty that they should all have time-out. Kevin thinks she's right, and explains that grown-ups sometimes get a little edgy if they're together too much. Serena understands and asks if it's time to go yet. Serena asks Lucy to fix her hair. As Lucy brushes it Serena says she hopes to make lots of new friends. Lucy suggests that if she gets back early enough they could go to the video store. Serena requests that they get a movie with Cary Grant in it. Serena asks Scott what they'll take to the Potluck and he suggests a six pack of yoo-hoo. Lucy tells them that there's a loaf of french bread in the kitchen for this purpose. Serena offers to go and get it, but before she leaves she asks Kevin how his father is. He says that he's better. Scott says he's glad to hear Victor is better and Kevin says he appreciates Scott's concern for Serena. Both imply an apology for the earlier argument. Kevin turns to see if Lucy appreciates the civility. But she isn't paying attention to them. Kevin asks her what she's thinking about and she says, "Cary Grant." August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. You know, sometimes I think about Cary Grant. In the interns room Eve is applying her make-up as Chris looks on. She says that Joe was right, "your sucking up to Boardman was truly disgusting." Chris smiles, "Wasn't it? And he fell for it hook line and sinker." Chris informs Eve that Boardman has invited him to go fishing. She says she wouldn't fish with Chris. He takes no offense and suggests they go. As they leave, Matt and Joe come out of the bathroom. Matt suggest they go to The Recovery Room. Joe says no, he wants to wait for Karen. Boardman had given her a hard time that day. Julie comes out of the bathroom (How many interns can you fit in there?) She says that she has to meet Frank at the Recovery Room. Matt and she leave. He asks her, "If I hate surgeons so much, why do I want to become one?" Shortly after they leave Karen emerges from the dimensionally transcendental bathroom. Joe tells her that he thought she could use a friend. She says that he thought she would fall apart. Frank says to Danielle, "It's none of my business, but you seem upset." Danielle told him that she is concerned about Jake who had a family emergency. Rex asks to be introduced to Frank. She does so, explaining that Jake works with Frank's brother. Rex says that he'd love to stay and chat, but that he has to get Danielle to work. (At that hour? Lucy's never works that late.) Lowering his voice Rex tells her that he's going to teach her to handle Lucy, which she'll have to do if she wants to save Jake's pathetic life. August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. Who's Cary Grant? Nevermind. With Rex making all these threats it's really hard to concentrate. And Frank standing there doesn't make it any eaiser. Handle Lucy? What is he talking about? I better do just what he says or Jake is dead. Gosh, Uncle Rex is super mean. Chris and Eve walk into the Recovery Room. Chris asks Eve how things are at home. If he means Frank and Julie, says Eve, they are "So much in love it's nauseating." Eve spots Frank at his table and points out to Chris that "he even dressed up in his Sunday best for her." Julie and Matt come in and join Frank. Matt offers to buy the first round. He goes to get it and Frank and Julie discuss how they're going to meet her father for dinner. Back in the interns room Karen wonders if Boardman will ever stop giving her a hard time. Joe tells her that he noticed tears in her eyes in the OR. She says she wasn't going to cry. He knew that. He knew she was angry, but she held it together and did her work. Karen says she wanted to throw Boardman against the wall. Joe says, if the guy didn't hold their future in his hands he d perform surgery on him. (With a power drill, no doubt.) Karen goes on to criticize Boardman's treatment of patients. She doesn't want to be successful if it means being like Boardman. Joe says it doesn't and that he's proud of her. Lucy says she's been thinking of a Cary Grant movie. Scott scoffs. She explains that in the film she's thinking of a federal agency creates a man who doesn't exist by leaving a paper trail, to fool the bad guy James Mason. She then goes into further unnecessary details. Scott asks what movie this is, and as she answers "North by Northwest" he cuts her off, saying it doesn't matter. Kevin assures him that Lucy has a point. She explains that Rex might have done the same thing, left a paper trail to prove he was where he wasn't. After all, Lucy points out, Serena only saw a woman and Lucy only saw a man. Scott jumps on that and says it's what he's believed all along that Rex is driving the boat and Danielle was doing the dirty work. Lucy is still not sure it's Danielle. She suggests that Scott let her and Kevin keep an eye on Jake and Danielle. Scott would prefer to choke it out of her. (What's with all the advocation of violence on this show?) Kevin and Lucy do not agree. The doorbell rings. Serena, still getting the french bread from the kitchen, shouts that she'll get it, but Scott, being much closer, answers the door. He opens it and Danielle is there. Kevin, Lucy and Scotty exchange the famous, "gosh, the person we were just talking about is at the door" look. August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. Boy, I hope I can pull this off or Jake'll be dead! Now how does this doorbell work again? Rex is really, really, really mean to make me do this. Karen tells Joe, how important his friendship is to her. No one else would look into her eyes, see the tears, and know they meant anger. He says something about her being married. And she says she's not talking about that. She's about to continue when Boardman enters. He comments that she's still standing. And she bravely asks, why she wouldn't be. "Surgery can take it's toll if you're not strong enough." "I am," she says defiantly. "Good," he says, and puts them both on the night shift to cover for Jake. Julie, Frank and Matt are still enjoying their drinks in the recovery room. Matt finishes his and goes off to study. Frank suggests they leave, but Julie wants to talk with Eve first. She thanks Eve for keeping the secret about her father. (The one about his being the famous Bennett Devlin, not the one about Eve sleeping with the famous Bennett Devlin.) Eve asks who else knows and Julie tells her Frank and Chris know. Eve suggests that Julie tell Boardman and Boardman might even come over and clean their apartment. Julie takes the facetiousness seriously and says she doesn't want anyone to know. Frank and Julie leave. Chris quickly pounces on Eve and she tells him that Julie's father came to town. She tells him he can "try his famous kiss-up routine on the famous Bennett Devlin." She asks him to deny it, but he just smirks at her. Rex is being fitted by his tailor, a rather old man. The tailor likes Rex's appreciation of good workmanship. This sends Rex into a monologue. "I'm just old fashioned, although sometimes I feel assaulted by the modern world. Does that ever happen to you?" "All the time, " says the tailor. Rex continues. "The monied class has become so crude. People with a veritable fortune at their disposal and what do they do? They drive around in pick-up trucks, dressing like they're running some road side vegetable stand and sending their children to public school. And what was with that goatee he finally shaved off anyway? I mean what did he think he was? The wayward brother of Peter, Paul and Mary? I kept waiting for him to break into "If I had a Hammer"." The tailor stares at him, obviously doubting his sanity. "Sorry," said Rex. "I have a lot of feelings on the subject. All I was trying to say is that there are those who deserve to be wealthy and those who don't." Danielle walks into the Lighthouse. Serena runs into the room with the loaf of french bread. Again she remembers Danielle from the park and the hospital. Lucy tells Serena that Danielle is working for her now. Scott and Serena leave for the potluck. Scott makes some sort of joke as they leave, about Serena's teacher's name being Ms. Deville, and they'll call her Cruella. Lucy tells them to have fun and think Cary Grant afterwards. Danielle is near tears and Kevin asks her what's wrong. She says it's about Serena. August 29th 1997 - From the Secret Diary of Danielle Ashley. Oh what a cute little girl. And didn't I promise something on my sister's grave? Oh what was it? My brain is going to burst. It's all I can do to remember the script Uncle Rex gave me. Oh, my God, where is the Teleprompter. Rex is... Rex is... meaner than my agent. Director - Andrew Lee And the nominees for today's Media Reference are: Shakespeare's Hamlet - "Therein lies the rub." Peter, Paul and Mary - Sixties folk group Cruella Deville - 101 Dalmatians Cary Grant in Hitchcock's North by Northwest And the winner is: Cruella Deville - 101 Dalmatians (Because it has levels.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX * !! 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